What Goes Around Comes Around

From Demilked.

Photo on the left by Richard Avedon

By juxtaposing iconic fashion images from the past and the present on her blog, fashion historian Lilah Ramzi beautifully illustrates this industry’s cyclical nature. Her "Part Nouveau" series reveals how images from the past serve as roots for the fashion elements of the present.

Milton Glaser Draws "Mad Men 7" Poster

Steven Heller in Print.

The New York Times reported on Friday that Milton Glaser was enticed to return to the psychedelic graphic style that helped put him on the map in the ’60s. It is for the campaign promoting the new and final season of “Mad Men,” which takes place in the epoch of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll. What a brilliant idea! The man behind the Dylan poster reprising the ’60s.

Humorous Company Slogans

A selection from "50 Company Slogans If They Were Honest About It" on Tickld.

"Male Call" by Milton Caniff

From Hairy Green Eyeball 3.

The beauty of Milton Caniff’s artwork matches the beauty of pin-up Miss Lace in the classic strip, Male Call, done for GI newspapers during World War II. A hardbound compilation from Simon and Schuster came out in 1945, and contained 112 strips.
Part one and part two of the book.

Here is a small sample:

Edward Koren Appointed Vermont’s Second Cartoonist Laureate

From the Mike Lynch Blog.

Vermont resident Ed Koren was appointed Vermont Cartoonist Laureate on February 27, 2014.

Restaurant Closings in "Richard's Poor Almanac"

From Cul de Sac.

The first appearance of "Restaurant Closings" in Richard Thompson's strip.

Like many newspapers, the Washington Post runs a column listing various health code violations for the week. Each entry describes the circumstances leading to a closure of a food establishment by the investigating health department. Here's a sample of a recent column:

‘Mr. Hublot’: The Oscar Winning Animated Short

Sunday night, the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film went to Mr. Hublot. Set in a mechanical world, Mr. Hublot follows a man with OCD who brings a robot puppy into his life.

Laurent Witz wrote and directed the award-winning short, which manages to transport us fully to its world of factories and gears while maintaining a strong emotional core. It's easy to see what made it Oscar-worthy.